The act of collecting or "picking up" meme images to save for later reposting — from 짤 ("meme image," short for jjalbang) + 줍다 ("to pick up/scavenge") — describing the very Korean-internet-specific hobby of building a personal folder of reaction images and GIFs.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"나 오늘 짤줍만 세 시간 했어."
LORE & ORIGIN
Formed from jjalbang's shortened root 짤 plus 줍다 ("to pick up" or "to scavenge"), naming the behavior of browsing communities specifically to save funny or useful meme images for future reposting, rather than to read or discuss content. A person known for doing this heavily is sometimes called a 짤쟁이 (jjaljaengi). The practice reflects how central image-hoarding became to Korean forum and messenger culture once jjalbang had fully detached from its original "attached to avoid deletion" necessity.
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